Door hinge arm



March 13, 1951 K 2,545,378

DOOR HINGE ARM Filed June 22, 1948 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Henry P. Pee/r INVENTOR.

March 13, 1951 H. P. PECK 2,545,378

DOOR HINGE ARM Filed June 22, 1948 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Fig.2.

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L Henry F. Peck INVENTOR.

Patented Mar. 13, 1951 noon HINGE ARM" ,1 HenryP. Peck, Cromwell, Conn.,assignor of fifty per cent to Sidney Max, West Hartford, Conn.

Application June .22, 1948, Serial No. 34,411

This invention relates to new and useful improvements and structuralrefinements in hinge structures for doors, more specificallyhorizontally swinging doors mounted on pivots disposed above and belowthe upper and lower door edges,

1 Claim. "(01.16-132) and the principal object of the invention is tofacilitate proper fitting of such doors into their frames. v v i Thisobject is achieved by the provision of an adjustable hinge ar-m which isintended for use in substitution for the conventional rigid ornon-adjustable; arm, an important feature of the adjustable arm residinginthe provisionof means for shifting-...the.door in a vertical plane sothat proper fitting ofthe door in that regard may be" assured. Anadditional feature of the invention resides in the provision ofmeansforlongitudinally adj'usting the 'hinge arm, whereby the point ofcontact'of thefreeend portion of the hinged arm with the door-may bemoved further from or closer to the actual hinge pin.

An additional feature of the invention lies in providing means forshifting or adjusting the free end portion of the hinge arm radially, so

to speak, with respect to the hinge pin and to the upper or lower edgeof the door, so that the relative position of the hinge arm with respectto the door may also be varied in that particular regard.

An important advantage of the invention resides in its simplicity ofconstruction, convenience in adjustment, and in its adaptability toeconomical manufacture and installation.

With the above more important objects and features in View and suchother objects and features as may become apparent as this specificationproceeds, the invention consists essentially of the construction andarrangement of parts as shown in the accompanying drawings in which:

Fig-ure 1 is a cross sectional view, taken in the vertical plane andshowing the invention in association with the bottom portion of a doorand floor or door frame;

Figure 2 is a cross sectional view, taken sub- Like characters ofreference are employed'td designate like parts in the specification "andthroughout the several views.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings" in detail, the referencecharacter It! indicates the lower edge portion of a horizontally swingable door, while l2 indicates a floor or a door frame provided with ahinge'unit M of any conventional type, the latter preferably being em-.

bedded in the floor l2 and including a substantially upright pivot pinor hinge pin l6, con-t figurated substantially as shown.

In accordance with conventional practice,

hinge arm ismounted on this pin andhaspne end portion. thereof anchoredto the door, but

this arrangement obviously does not provide for" any adjustmentsuch asthe door may require in order to assure proper "fit thereof within thedome frame. -As"has beenstated inthe opening paraggraphs of thi'ss'pecification," the instant inven' tion contemplates theprovis'ionofsucnedjust:

ment, the invention assuming the form of an adjustable hinge armdesignated generally by the reference character I8, which is intendedfor use in substitution for the conventional nonadjustable arm, as willbe presently explained.

The adjustable hinge arm l8 embodies in its construction what may bereferred to as inner and outer sections 20, 22 respectively, thesesections being longitudinally aligned and having sectionallyreducedadjacent portions 24, 26 respectively which are overlapped insuch manner that the height or thickness of the arm l8 remainssubstantiallythe same, throughout its length.

It is to be noted that the section 20 is provided in the free endportion thereof with a suitable bore 28 whereby the entire arm isstantially in the plane of the line 2-2 in Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a cross sectional view, taken substantially in the plane ofthe line 4-4 in Figure 2, and;

Figure 5 is a group perspective view Oi 116 invention per se.

mounted upon the aforementioned pin I6 of the hinge unit I4, while theportion 24 thereof is formed with a plurality of screw-threadedapertures 30. Moreover, the portion 26 of the section 22 is formed witha longitudinally extending slot 32 which is intended to receive aplurality of adjusting bolts 34, equipped with suitable washers 36,these bolts engaging the apertures 30 and thereby firmly, yet adjustablysecuring the two sections 20, 22 of the arm l8 together.

The section 20 is also provided adjacent the pivot or hinge pin IS witha plurality of screw threaded bores 38 to receive adjusting screws 40,the shanks of which extend upwardly and are supportably engageable withthe mid-portion 42 of a substantially U-shaped channel 44 secured toclearly apparent.

Finally, the free end portion of the arm section 22 is formed with apair of transversely extending, screw-threaded apertures 46 whichaccommodate adjusting screws 48, the latter having flat heads 50 whichare engageable with the inner surfaces of the side portions 52 of thechannel 44, as is best shown in Figures 2 and 4.

It is to be noted that the aforementioned hinge pin l 6 projectsupwardly into the channel 44 and that the entire arm I8 is disposedwithin the channel, substantially as shown.

When the invention is placed in use, the hinge arm is installed on thepin 16 within the channel 44 substantially as described, and the doormay be adjusted vertically within its name by simply tightening orloosening the screws or bolts 43, whereby the door is lowered or ra sedwith respect to the floor l2, as will be clearly apparent, Moreover, theoverall length of the arm 18 may be pre-adjusted by simply sliding thesections 21!, 22, one with respect to the other, and there aftertightening the clamping bolts 34. Finally, the position of the arm H!with respect to the hinge pin 6 and to the door may be adjustedradially, so to speak, by simply tightening one of the bolts 48 andloosening the remaining bolt 48, whereby the position of the free endportion of the section 22 within the channel 44- may be adjusted asindicated by the arrow 54 in Figure 2. Needless to say, it is intendedthat the door together with the associated channel 44 be removed fromits position in the door frame, so as to expose the arm l8 whileadjustment of the screws 40, 34, and 48 is being efiected.

It may be also added that while in the accompanying drawings theinvention is shown as being disposed adjacent the lower edge portion ofthe door, a further hinge arm, similar to that dis closed, is to beprovided adjacent the upper edge 4 portion of the door, as will bereadily understood.

It is believed that the advantages and use of the invention will readilybe apparent from the foregoing disclosure, and accordingly, furtherdescription thereof at this point is deemed unnecessary.

While in the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferredembodiment of this invention it is to be understood that minor changesin the details of construction, combination and arrangement of parts maybe resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of theinvention as claimed.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

The combination of an upright hinge pin, a horizontal hinge arm adaptedto underlie the lower edge of a door and having an intermediate portionthereof mounted on said pin, said arm being provided at opposite sidesof said pin with vertically extending screw-threaded bores, and a set ofvertical adjusting screws provided in said bores and having their upperends in supportable engagement with the lower edge of the stated door,whereby the latter may be vertically adjusted relative to said pin.

HENRY P. PECK.

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